Telegram-herald., 1887-12-19


aaa sateFtaazusect Pztroaizs ssaeh sates-
tsiams1ts whea tksy are an9sasG y0a- By
ssason sickess L yoa ean for IT, sPkliask-
mazies az ths Haa1al szd hsydna sosis-
tses. Essl teaz tas 6oilzr ana hslt or two
da4lzrs thaE ysa speaA for ths parposs q
heaElBs "a artist pay X sag : proa-abls
investment let ycar S-slnwzy kziss and
your as2deznies q mazle roax sltk ths se-
elaasStlon ~ spprcel4tiFs sads1soss sssszS-
bs=~d s. ia eoaoert or ths orasmi0.
Ssla furtiasr, coEnasnd as vorfhy o. sup
port tbs gynsAsSislfa. Th1s inslitusioa IS
salEjag Ia favor sFsry year. aad I kEoS of
nothiag nsoFe free frosn GassiPs<ioa or mora
calculated % rsea2era1s ths yaysical sni
mental energis Ekils there are a good
fazsy people wno have employed this iasfs-
tutioa there Is vast Raabsr Who are ig-
norent ef It's sxcelssnces There are men
with erzmpsd chests and weak siklas and de-
spondsns spirits who through the gymnasium
suight Ne reused UP % szuoersaos and sx-
hilaraEion Of life. There arc many Christian
people despondent from year % year who
might through such an institution ts bens-
tted IN their spiritual relations There are
Christian people who seem 70 think that lt is
good sign % bs poorly, aud becAsse Richard
Baxter and Robert Hail were invalids they
think that by the same sickliness they may
come - tho same grandeur OF character.
want To tell tbs Christian people Of my con
gregation that God viii held yeu responsible
for your invalldiSIn il il Is your fault AID
when through right exercise and prudence
you might be athletic and we'll The effect
Of the body upon the soul yoa acknowledge.
Put man OF mild disposition upon the ami
NAL diet Of which the Indian partakes and Ia
c little while his blood win change its chemi-
cal proportions II will become like unto
tho blood OF the lion or the tiger or the bear,
while his disposition VIII change and become
fierce. cruel aud unrelentiRy. The body has
a powerful effect upon the soul
There are good people whose ideas OF
heaven are all shut out with cloads OF tobac-
co smoke. There are people who dare to
shatter the physical vase in which God has
put tho jewel OF eternity. There are mea
with great hearts and intellects in bodies worn
ont by their own negiec.s-maSnificent ma
chinery, capable of propelling Great East
ern across the Atlantic, Yet fastened In a
rickety North river propeller Martin
Luther was so mighty for God, first, because
he had a noble soul, and secondly, because he
had a muscular development which would
have enabled him 10 thrash any five OF his
prosecutors, If it had been Christian SO to do.
Physical development which merely shows
itself in fabulous lifting, or in perilous rope
walking, or in pugilistic encounter, excites
only our contempt; but we confess 70 great
admiration for tho man who has a great
soul In an athletic body, every nerve, muscle
and bono OF which Is consecrated TO right
uses. Oh, it seems TO me outrageous that
men, through neglect, should allow their
physical health to so down beyond repair a
ship which ought, with all sail set and every
man ut his post, TO be carrying a rich cargo
for eternity, employing all its men in stopping
up leakagesl When you may, through the
gymnasium, work off your spleen and your
querulousness and one-half of your physical
and mental ailments, do not turn your back
upon such a grand medicament.
Still further: commend TO you a large
class of parlor games and recreations There
is a way of making our homes hundred
fold more attractive than they are now.
Those parents cannot expect to keep their
children away from outside dissipations un-
less they make the domestic circle brighter
than anything they can find outside of it. Do
not, then, sit in your home surly and unsym-
pathetic, and with half condemnatory look,
because of the sportfulness of your children.
You were young once yourself; let your chill
dren be young. Because your eyes are dim
and your ankles are stiff do not denounce
sportfulness in those upon whose eye there
is the first luster, and in whose foot there is
the bounding Joy of robust health. / thank
God that in our drawing rooms and in our
parlors there are innunerable games an
sports which have not upon them the lea
faint of iniquity. Light up all your hom
with innocent hilarities. Do not sit down
with the rheumatism, wondering how
children can go on so. Rather thank God
that their hearts are so light and their
laughter is so free, and that their cheeks are
so ruddy and that their expectations are SO ra-
iiant The night will come soon enough,
and the heartbreak, and the pang, and tho
Llesolation-it will come soon enough for the
dear children. But when the storm actually
clouds the sky it will be time enough for
you to haul out your reef tackles. Carry,
then, into your homes not only the innocent
sports and games which are the inventions of !
our own day, but the games which come |
down with the sportfulness of all the past |
ages-chess and charades, and tableaux and |
and all those amusements which the young 1
people of our homes know so well how to I
contrive Then there viii be the parlor soci- |
of people assembled ia your /
homes, with wit and minicry and ioviality, |
illing the room with joy from the door TO I
The mantel and from the carpet to the cell |
ng OH is there any exbilaration like n /
score Of genial souls in ono room, each one
adding contribution Of his own individual I
TO the aggregation OF general 1
iilarityl
Suppose you want 70 60 abroad in the city, |
hen you viii find the panorama and the art 4
gallery and exquisite collections of pictures
You VIII find the Metropolitan museum and
he Historical society rooms full Of rare curl /
,sities, and scores of places which can stand
plainly the test OF what is right and wrong in
You viii find the lecturinx
lall. which has been horored by the names
If Agassiz in natural history, Dorenus in
'besnIStry, Boynton IN geology. Mitchell in
John b. Cough in moral reform,
md scores and hundreds of men who have
3oured their wit and genius and ingenuity
hrough that particular channel upon the
learfs AID conScieBces and imaginations OF
nen, setting this country fifty years farther
n advance than it would have been without
he lecture platform.
! rsjoicc in the popularization of outdoor
ports. I bail the croquet ground and the
isherrnan's rod and the sportsu1an's gun. In
'Ir cities lie i 50 unhealthy and unnatural
bat when the census taker represents a city
$ having 40, 900 inhabitants, there are only
~. 900, since it takes at last two men 70
imount to one nan. 50 dsYlliag ard unnerv-
ng and sxhausting is thss metropolitan life
Fs want nacre fresh air. more sunlight. more
4 ths sbsraon o. field <Qorss. cTy cut for
: fn hscaE of the rhnrch nf ca as zal &. IN |